5 Lord of the Rings Characters Unforgivably Ruined by Peter Jackson

Despite the wholesomeness of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, brilliantly directed by Peter Jackson, it couldn't physically feature all the events and characters, described in J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic saga.

Moreover, the development of some characters was obviously reduced or changed to fit the movie adaptation and the director’s vision better.

Here are five LOTR characters who suffered the most going from the original novels to the movies.

5. Frodo

Indeed, the main hero of the franchise, brought to screens by Elijah Wood, is both written and portrayed convincing enough to satisfy the book lovers, while the finale of his arc disappointingly raises questions.

In the original it took chapters to describe his inner conflict and traumas caused by the Ring, while in the third movie his eventual departure to Valinor remains unexplained.

4. Saruman

The great wizard of Middle-earth, perfectly played by the accomplished Sir Christopher Lee, is undoubtedly seen as powerful in the movies. However, the line of this character was shamefully cut, leaving his survival the drowning of Orthanc by the Ents and taking the Shire over behind. Thus, he doesn’t participate much in the events of the last movie and his death passes by like he’s a mid, supporting character.

3. Gimli

Being a courageous warrior in the book, in Peter Jackson’s trilogy the dwarf is featured in the comic lens, with much of his strength given to the character of Legolas. Book fans massively hate such a change of one of their beloved book characters.

“That dwarf is eloquent in the books versus the slapstick humor of the movies,” claims Redditor @thomasstearns42 in a recent discussion, and we can’t agree more.

2. Éowyn

The line of Rohan’s brave shieldmaiden was truncated so badly that she didn’t receive the ending she deserves and that was given to her by the book author. Éowyn, who could potentially become one of the brightest heroines of the movie trilogy, was given quite a modest amount of screen time, which didn’t include her falling in love with Faramir and building a family and healing their wounds together in Gondor.

1. Faramir

“Faramir's character was sacrificed to show the power of the Ring's influence and so that they could have a high stakes ending to the second film, and I hate both. Faramir was done so dirty,” as fairly voiced by Redditor @theguyishere16.

The way screenwriters dealt with Faramir is considered the biggest LOTR mistake, as in the book he was the strong opposite of his brother Boromir, but here he turned out to be just like him.